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Asian Americans Call on Biden Administration to Address Violence and Racism with Concrete Action; Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan Expresses Support

Asian Americans Call on Biden Administration to Address Violence and Racism with Concrete Action Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan Expresses Support FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAPRIL 5, 2021 Asian Americans Call on Biden Administration to Address Violence and Racism with Concrete Action; Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan Expresses Support Bellevue, WA, and Industry, CA —April 5, 2021—A national coalition of Asian-American… Read More »

News Alert: Is reviving SB 5264 just a staged show put up by Senate Democrat? – Evidences suggest yes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAPRIL 20, 2021 Senate Democrat staged a show without the real intention to pass SB 5264, Chinese American History Month Bill Senator Mark Liias put his anti-Asian mindset on display Less than a week after we sent out a news alert and called out Senate Democrat’s inherent racism against Asian Americans, SB 5264… Read More »

News Alert – Democrat controlled WA Senate stalled Asian bill and let it die yet put Black bill on fast track to pass

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAPRIL 9, 2021 Senate Democrat needs to exam its inherent bias against Asians Democrat controlled Senate stalled Asian bill and let it die yet put Black bill on fast track to pass Bellevue, WA – April 9th, 2021 – Early this year, Senator Wagoner sponsored SB 5264, a bill that would declare January… Read More »

Linda Yang Speech at Press Conference: Asian Americans Call on Biden Administration to Address Violence and Racism with Concrete Action

Racism against Asian Americans is nothing new. It is unfortunate that it has taken so many recent tragic incidents and deaths for Americans to wake up to the racism Asian Americans have been facing for so many years. The recent interest in anti-Asian hate crime coverage and the current public debate serves as an opportunity… Read More »

Letter from Yumi Hogan, First Lady of Maryland

Letter From Yumi Hogan

Take concrete Steps to End Anti-Asian Racism

The deadly shooting in Atlanta was a sad wake up call to many Americans. As victims are starting to speak up, new reports of anti-Asian hate crimes are being reported daily. No one can turn a blind eye to anti-Asian racism and violence in this country any longer. Asian Americans played an integral role… Read More »

Asian Americans Call on Biden Administration to Address Violence and Discrimination with Concrete Action

Asian Americans Call on Biden Administration to Address Violence and Discrimination with Concrete Action FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAPRIL 1, 2021 Bellevue, WA and Industry, CA – April 1, 2021 – A national coalition of Asian-American advocacy groups today called on the Biden administration to take concrete action to combat anti-Asian racism and violence. The leaders of the coalition will… Read More »

Denounce Rep. My-Linh Thai’s 3/22 speech in Renton

Rep. My-Linh Thai’s speech in Renton on March 22nd not only missed the mark but also divisive. Any anti-Asian hate crime is a hate crime, no matter who committed it. And any racism towards Asians is racism. A recent study based on hate crime data between 1992 and 2014 found Asian Americans have a higher chance… Read More »

Testimony for SB 5044

Power was out at my house. Knowing that SB 5044 could negatively impact Asian Americans in this state, I sat in my car, accessed the SB 5044 public hearing via my cell phone and waited for almost an hour for my chance to testify. Why? Because I wanted to testify in person so that my… Read More »

PRESS RELEASE – I-1000 opponents file lawsuit challenging misleading I-1300 ballot title

I-1000 opponents have challenged the ballot titles of two recent initiatives submitted by I-1000 sponsors. This afternoon, they filed another lawsuit challenging what they call the “grossly misleading” ballot title of I-1300. I-1300 is the I-1000 sponsor’s latest attempt to repeal the voter-passed and reaffirmed Initiative I-200, and to bring back racial preferences. Unlike I-1000,… Read More »